2016–17 Conference USA men's basketball season

The 2016–17 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in late December and concluded in early March.

2016–17 Conference USA men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)CBS Sports Network, American Sports Network, beIN Sports, Campus Insiders, ESPN3
2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Regular season championsMiddle Tennessee
  Runners-upLouisiana Tech
Season MVPJaCorey Williams
Tournament
ChampionsMiddle Tennessee
  Runners-upMarshall
Finals MVPGiddy Potts
2016–17 Conference USA men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Middle Tennessee171 .944315  .861
Louisiana Tech144 .7782310  .697
Old Dominion126 .6671912  .613
UTEP126 .6671517  .469
Rice117 .6112312  .657
Marshall108 .5562015  .571
UAB99 .5001716  .515
Western Kentucky99 .5001517  .469
UTSA810 .4441419  .424
Charlotte711 .3891317  .433
Florida Atlantic612 .3331020  .333
Southern Miss612 .333922  .290
FIU315 .167724  .226
North Texas216 .111822  .267
2017 C-USA Tournament winner

Middle Tennessee claimed the outright regular season championship with a win over UAB on February 26, 2017. Louisiana Tech finished in second place in the regular season, three games behind the Blue Raiders.

Middle Tennessee's JaCorey Williams was named C-USA Player of the Year and Kermit Davis was named the Coach of the Year.

The C-USA tournament was held from March 8 through 11, 2017 at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. Middle Tennessee defeated Marshall to win the tournament championship for the second consecutive year. As a result, the Blue Raiders received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. No other C-USA school received an NCAA Tournament bid. Rice received a bid to the College Basketball Invitational tournament.

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